Maj James Lyon

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Maj James Lyon

Birth
Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
Death
13 Apr 1824 (aged 47)
Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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He was the eldest son of Col. Matthew Lyon. He learned the printing trade while quite young, and 1797 at the time of John Adams was President and his father, Colonel Matthew Lyon was fined and imprisoned under the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts. He was editor of the famous magazine titled "A Republican Magazine: or, Repository of Polictical Truths "The Scourge of Ariftocracy, and Repostitory of Important Polictical Truths". In 1800 he became Public Printer to Congress under the Jefferson Administration. In 1804 Jefferson sent him with dispatches under the Secretary of War to General Wilkerson who was stationed at Baton Rouge, advising him to take possession of New Orleans as our government had purchased Louisiana from France. He also published the first American papers in New Orleans. He also, Published the first American paper in Mobile, Alabama when General Wilkerson took possession.


Link to another Mary Hosford Lyon memorial #57820498 with Maj. James Lyon sisters are listed except Lorraine Lyon who was 17 when she died in Eddyville, Kentucky

Name: James Lyon Gender: Male Age: 47 Birth Date: 15 April 1776 First Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1794 Death Date: 13 Apr 1824 Death Place: Cheraw, SC Father: Matthew Lyon Spouse: Phila Risley Child: Laura Matilda Lyon Mason Risley Lyon Eliza Jane Lyon Phila Ann Lyon Jas Lawrence Lyon Matthew Bradley Lyon Nancy Pomeroy Lyon Matthew Lyon Adolphus Grant Lyon Eudocia Ellen Lyon Mary Lyon.
Contributor history4sure (46997739)
The brother of James Lyon born April 15, 1776 wasJames Lyon was Born March 15, 1775 and died the same year.
He was the eldest son of Col. Matthew Lyon. He learned the printing trade while quite young, and 1797 at the time of John Adams was President and his father, Colonel Matthew Lyon was fined and imprisoned under the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts. He was editor of the famous magazine titled "A Republican Magazine: or, Repository of Polictical Truths "The Scourge of Ariftocracy, and Repostitory of Important Polictical Truths". In 1800 he became Public Printer to Congress under the Jefferson Administration. In 1804 Jefferson sent him with dispatches under the Secretary of War to General Wilkerson who was stationed at Baton Rouge, advising him to take possession of New Orleans as our government had purchased Louisiana from France. He also published the first American papers in New Orleans. He also, Published the first American paper in Mobile, Alabama when General Wilkerson took possession.


Link to another Mary Hosford Lyon memorial #57820498 with Maj. James Lyon sisters are listed except Lorraine Lyon who was 17 when she died in Eddyville, Kentucky

Name: James Lyon Gender: Male Age: 47 Birth Date: 15 April 1776 First Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1794 Death Date: 13 Apr 1824 Death Place: Cheraw, SC Father: Matthew Lyon Spouse: Phila Risley Child: Laura Matilda Lyon Mason Risley Lyon Eliza Jane Lyon Phila Ann Lyon Jas Lawrence Lyon Matthew Bradley Lyon Nancy Pomeroy Lyon Matthew Lyon Adolphus Grant Lyon Eudocia Ellen Lyon Mary Lyon.
Contributor history4sure (46997739)
The brother of James Lyon born April 15, 1776 wasJames Lyon was Born March 15, 1775 and died the same year.

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"In Memory of
MAJ. JAMES LYON
of Vt.
Who Died April 14th, 1824
Aged 50 yrs."
"He was a man of strong intellect, good
Principles, a True Philanthropist,
In him the widow and orphan found a friend."
"The Lyon Family" Author James B. Lyon 1923

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Headstone engraving submitted by Richard Lyon Jr.

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  • Maintained by: Donna Lyon
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9391864/james-lyon: accessed ), memorial page for Maj James Lyon (15 Apr 1776–13 Apr 1824), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9391864, citing Old Saint Davids Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Donna Lyon (contributor 48222049).